Memorize these and you could recognize 40.1% of all Women in Sports clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | basketball | 7 | This sport is now on the rebound thanks to USC's Cheryl Miller |
| 2 | golf | 5 | With over $2.5 million in career earnings, Pat Bradley is the top female money-winner in this sport |
| 3 | Janet Evans | 4 | This California teenager was the 1st American to win a regular gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
| 4 | Bonnie Blair | 4 | In 1992 & 1994, she won an Olympic gold medal in the 1,000-meter speed skating event |
| 5 | Nadia Comaneci | 3 | In the 1976 Olympics, this Romanian received a perfect 10 on the uneven bars |
| 6 | Mary Lou Retton | 3 | In 1985 she became the first gymnast to be elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame |
| 7 | figure skating | 3 | In '56, Tenley Albright, now a practicing surgeon, became 1st U.S. woman to win Olympic gold medal in this |
| 8 | bodybuilding | 3 | Among the women prominent in this sport are Rachel McLish, Lori Bowen, & Cory Everson |
| 9 | the Iditarod | 3 | One souvenir T-shirt from Alaska reads, "Alaska. where men are men & women win" this dog sled race |
| 10 | Boston Marathon | 3 | In 1995, for the 2nd year running, Uta Pippig of Germany placed 1st among women in this U.S. race |
| 11 | (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias | 3 | She was the Associated Press' Female Athlete of the Year for 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 & 1954 |
| 12 | Zola Budd | 2 | In Sept. 1996 she ran off with the South African cross-country title; we don't know if she was barefoot |
| 13 | Tara Lipinski | 2 | In 1997 this 14-year-old American became the youngest women's world figure skating champion |
| 14 | Steffi Graf | 2 | In July 1993 this German beat Jana Novotna to take her fifth Wimbledon singles title |
| 15 | Soccer | 2 | In 1991 Michelle Akers-Stahl led the U.S. team to a title in the 1st Women's World Cup competition in this sport |
| 16 | Shirley Muldowney | 2 | In 1965 she became the first woman to earn a professional license from the National Hot Rod Association |
| 17 | Picabo Street | 2 | Famous skier who's the daughter of Stubby & Dee Street |
| 18 | Peggy Fleming | 2 | For 3 consecutive years, 1966-68, she was the World Figure Skating Champion |
| 19 | Nancy Lopez | 2 | Of Mexican-American descent, she was the LPGA's leading money winner in 1978, 1979 & 1985 |
| 20 | Muhammad Ali | 2 | In her 1999 professional debut, Laila, daughter of this boxing great, KO'd her opponent in 31 seconds |
| 21 | Monica Seles | 2 | The AP named this Yugoslavian-born tennis star Female Athlete of the Year for 1992 |
| 22 | Mia Hamm | 2 | She hogged the title of U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year from 1994 to 1998 |
| 23 | LPGA | 2 | In 1950 Patty Berg helped found this organization & served as its first president |
| 24 | Kerri Strug | 2 | In 1997 this gymnast who vaulted hurt at the '96 Olympics went to Israel for the Maccabiah Games |
| 25 | Katarina Witt | 2 | Olympic figure skating champ of 1984 & 1988, she's nicknamed “Katarina the Great” |
| 26 | Gymnastics | 2 | Kerri Strug & the rest of the women from this 1996 Olympic team appeared on boxes of Wheaties cereal |
| 27 | boxing | 2 | In 1996 Christy Martin became the first female pro in this sport to be featured live on national TV |
| 28 | women's volleyball | 2 | The WSF's Flo Hyman Award honors the late athlete who led this team at the 1984 Olympics |
| 29 | Chris Evert Lloyd | 2 | Second in all-time tournament victories, this American was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995 |
| 30 | Chris Evert | 2 | (Hi, I'm Martina Navratilova, and the answer is:) In Feb. 1992 I surpassed this player's record to win more singles titles than any player in the hist... |